Canadian police worry about "budder" and "cheese"

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Canadian police
said on Monday they have two new worries in the war on drugs:
"budder" and "cheese."

Budder, made by whipping air into hashish oil and freezing
it, is much more potent when smoked than regular marijuana
joints and emerged in Vancouver in 2004, according to the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police.

"The popularity of budder appears to be increasing among
marijuana users," the Mounties said in their annual report on
Canada's illegal drug industry.

The report said cheese is a deadly combination of heroin
and cold medicine that is inexpensive to make and easier to use
because it can be smoked or snorted rather than injected.

Cheese has been blamed for more than a dozen deaths in the
United States and police are watching to see if its use will
spread into Canada.

Canada remains a net exporter of marijuana with annual
production of as much as 3,500 tonnes, most of it grown in
British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec, according to the RCMP
report that reviewed drug seizures in 2006.

Marijuana seizures in Western Canada have dropped since
2003, partly because growers have also exported their
"technical expertise" to set up more production in the United
States, the report said.